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by italian president sergio mattarella. shortly after this he met the italian prime minister giorgia meloni, who said her country would back ukraine for as long as necessary. she called russia s invastion brutal and unjust. let s cross to the newsroom now and talk to our europe regional editor paul moss. very busy day for president and clearly some significant political strategy there on his behalf. he has been shoring strategy there on his behalf. he has been shoring up strategy there on his behalf. he has been shoring up support strategy there on his behalf. he has been shoring up support in - strategy there on his behalf. he has been shoring up support in italy - strategy there on his behalf. he has been shoring up support in italy and in many ways this was very much a loving of a visit when giorgia meloni saw this zelensky, they probably embraced each other and as you suggested, she was fulsome in her support and said italy would be a solid ally of ukraine, ....
president, volodymyr zelensky. speaking in rome, ms meloni said her country would back ukraine for as long as was necessary, calling russia s invastion brutal and unjust. later on, president zelensky will meet the pope in the vatican, before visiting germany. let s cross to the newsroom now and talk to our europe regional editor correspondent paul moss. hi, paul. president zelensky is initially and what is he trying to achieve there? initially and what is he trying to achieve there? he s done a tour of lots of european achieve there? he s done a tour of lots of european countries - achieve there? he s done a tour of lots of european countries this - achieve there? he s done a tour of| lots of european countries this year to try and shore up support from politicians and the public. he needs their political support and also very keen to keep that aid flowing which is so necessary for ukraine s resistance of russia s invasion. italy is a special case and we have hear ....
cleared by the government, suella braverman accused the metropolitan police of playing favourites by treating pro palestinian marches differently to demonstrations by right wing groups. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has the latest. the war in the middle east has led to weekend pro palestinian protests in london. ..and other cities around the uk. and tomorrow, once again, demonstrators are due to be on the march in the capital. they re scheduled to set off after the armistice day two minute silence. suella braverman has denounced these demonstrations as hate marches and, controversially, she s accused the police of showing favouritism to left wing groups. the met police commissioner sir mark rowley insists there are currently no grounds to ban tomorrow s march, and now he s being backed by another senior officer. the chair of the national police chiefs council, gavin stephens, says in policing we need the space to make difficult operational decisions in an ind ....
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the hollywood actors union has called off its strike, which has caused major disruption to film and tv productions. to film and tv productions. the union says it s reached a tentative agreement with studios. welcome back. president biden has warned the united states will target any groups linked to iran s revolutionary guard corps after a strike on an arms depot in eastern syria wednesday which had been linked to earlier attacks on us bases. the pentagon says there have been a0 such attacks since the war in gaza began. what s more, we have video from the iran backed houthi forces in yemen. they claim to be of an american m09 drone being shot out of the sky. it further underlines the tensions in the wider region, where iran s proxies are threatening to expand the conflict. this is whatjohn kirby, the spokesman for the us s national security council, had to say in an interview with the bbc. we believe t ....
a nationwide lockdown over christmas and new year, as it tries to halt the sharp rise in coronavirus infections. americans are set to get a second coronavirus vaccine, as the moderna injection is approved in the us. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. cabinet sources have told the bbc that the prime minister is expected to announce a tightening of covid restrictions, including a tier 4 for london and the south east and a tightening of plans to relax the rules around households gathering over christmas. at 4 o clock this afternoon, we are expecting a coronavirus briefing at downing street with borisjohnson and the government s chief medical and scientic advisers. the press conference and expected announcements come amid a surge in cases believed to be caused by a new covid variant in the south east of england. professor chris whitty has said the new variant of the virus does spread more quickly and that it is now more vital than ever that the public continue to take ....